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referred to below in this sequence. Woody vines are grown 
at the viticetum. 
The pine family, represented among others by low- 
growing junipers and pines, begins the sequence to the 
southward of the approach to the long bridge. ‘The next 
is the willow family, beginning across the road from the 
pine family; this group is located on both sides of the path 
and comprises many forms from various parts of the world; 
the family is largely an inhabitant of temperate regions, so 
many species can be grown here. The bayberry family 
occurs across the driveway from the willows, occupying a 
position on the bank overlooking the water garden. Here 
may be found the sweet-fern, a native of eastern North 
America; the sweet gale, at home in north temperate re- 
gions; and the waxberry or bayberry, common in north- 
eastern North America; the berries of the latter have a 
covering of wax, which is separated by throwing the 
berries into hot water, when the wax melts and rises to 
the surface, where it is skimmed off; it is still used to 
some extent in making candles. The monotypic corkwood 
family is represented by the corkwood (Lettneria) of the 
southern United States, which has proven to be hardy here 
at the foot of the terrace, its catkins flowering early in the 
spring. The birch family follows the willows on the east 
side of the path; here are the hazel-nuts, the alders and the 
shrubby birches; the common hazel-nut, of eastern North 
America, and the beaked hazel-nut, from northern North 
America, also the common hazel-nut or filbert of Europe, 
and others; the smooth alder, common along streams 
and in swamps, in the eastern United States, is also here. 
Following the birch family on the same side of the path 
comes the beech family; here may be found the shrubby 
oaks, and the chinquapin of the southeastern United States. 
On the same side of the path, a little farther along, is the 
elm family, represented by the dwarf elms; most of the 
members of this family are trees and may therefore be 
found in the aboretum. Immediately following this is the 
